Why is it that our political so-called leaders believe that we will accept everything that they say as gospel? We have Boris saying that he wasn’t at a drinks party yet other members of the same political party say that he was seen there with a drink in his hand. Of course, there is always a possibility Boris didn’t actually attend the party but that he was seen in the same room minutes before it started and actually left seconds before it did start. What’s the old saying? If you believe that you believe anything.

Regarding the television licence, is it right that you have to have a BBC licence (for that is what it is) to listen to ITV, Channel 4, Sky, and all those other non-BBC stations? I for one am watching fewer and fewer TV programmes apart from the news and watching more and more DVDs and programs that you can now get with the Smart TV. I must admit that a lot of this is due to the lower standard of the programme writers, we seem to be getting more and more violence and less and less honest to goodness family programs. The violence used to be implied but now it is actually portrayed and I find this is not to my liking, am I alone in this, am I really that old-fashioned and puritanical? perhaps so but I prefer to remain that way, and not be educated on how to be violent.

The cost of electricity and gas is increasing beyond the normal inflation rate. Isn’t it strange that this should take place when more and more people have been working from home rather than in an office? If you are working in an office your employer bears the increased cost whereas if you are at home it is not only an increased cost it is a new one to your household budget. You are not getting the tax allowance to compensate for this, but when working in an office your employer can put the costs against profit and not pay any tax on it. Mind you by the same token you are not having to pay travelling costs. This means that if you’re not driving your car the government loses quite a large chunk of taxes so it becomes debatable unless you want to sit down and calculate it, as to whether it is beneficial to the government with its revenues to work at home or go to work. (Mind you if you work at home you don’t have to go to an office party.)

When you are shown views of the members of Parliament sitting in their chamber debating on what is permissible for you to do or not do you ever get the feeling that if you were expected to work under those overcrowded conditions you would go on strike, just imagine being all huddled together like that. Do you think it is time that both the Houses of Parliament and Lords are modernised, and moved out of those ancient buildings to a more modern establishment? Just think of the maintenance costs that you would save. It would also give you the opportunity to move to a more suitable part of the country where land and buildings are far cheaper. After all, the BBC did it moving a huge chunk of their establishment to Manchester. Just think of members of Parliament in cheaper digs.